Cigarette dispenser and lighter



Nov. 30, 1926.

L. PENGILLY CIGARETTE DISPENSER AND LIGHTE Filed Feb. 5. 1923 IN VEN TOR Lu j 5 MW A TTORNEY Lewis Pen BY Q qni i Thecigarette is also the followingspecificatlonand Patented, Nov. 30, 1926'.

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application filed Iebruary 5, 192:. Serial No. 616,908.

This invention relates to a device for holding, dispensing, and lighting cigarettes or cigars, the princlp'al o 'ject being'to provide' an article for the purpose, by means of which a quantity ofcigarettes etc. may be carried, dispensed one by one as wanted, and lighted before being removed from the device, one. hand only of the o erator being necessary for carrying out, t e dispensing and lighting operations.

The latter operation however 1s ent1rely independent of the former, and the cigarettes ma be dispensed and removed w1thout li t them if desired.

- yevice' is particularly intended to be mounted on an automobile, and will appeal .to the large number of drivers who like to smoke Whll driving.

At, present the driver must fish around 1n the other ofhispo'ckets for the necessary article smoke; and havin found it, frequentlyfinja crumpledor bro en conrepeat the performance to locate a match... This being done, he must almost invariably use both hands while lighting the cigarettes to revent the everresent raft from extinguishing the match efore it has served its purpose. This necessitates relinquishing hold on the steering wheel, which is an unsafe course to ursue if traveling at any considerable speed, and if the driver wishes to be absolutely safe, he must bring his car nearly or completely to a. stop. With my improved device installe within convenient range'b i the operator, the above unsafe,- or gj inconvenient procedure is entirely avoided,.gand with one hand remaining constantlyonthe steering wheel to guide the 4 vehicle, a ci arette in perfect condition meiv be dispense and lighted in a few secon with the use of the other hand, and without the use or matches. K v lighted or set fire to evenly, so that one sidewill not be ignited to a gfleater extent than the other.

A rther object of the invention is to produce a sim 1e and inexpensive device "andyet one w ich will be exceedingly effective for-the purposes for which it is designe z These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of claims. -In the drawings similar characters offliifa on line 3-3 of 1. x I

Fig: 4 is a fragmentary 'end view of the" height of and having a longitudinal crad es, one'end'of said;

erence indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof. Fig. b ie 0. fr entary.cross-.section taken device.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the

numeral 1 denotes a. rectangular container adaptcd'to be attached onto the 20f a car; This casi bottom, has a hinged 1i 3"on top, and the front is preferably of glass 4. I The cross sectional area of the container shown is suchthat a horizontally disposed ci arette 5 will fit easily therein,

v the container is such as to accommodate a desired number of superimposed oi arettes lying .urnably mounted in a framework 6 below the container and preferably-formed as an extension @thereof is a cylinder 7, positioned to close the lower end of the container slot 8 therein of'a length and depth sufiicient to accommodate one of the cigarettes- This cylinder, which m y with .a handle 9 on its outer end and is permitted to beturned only a half revolution and back and toward the back of the frame 6,or from a point where the slot 8 is uppermost to the op its position of the latter.

This limite 'movement may be arranged for and contr lledas desired, as for instance by means of a fixed'pin 10 forming a sto for a member 11fixed to rotate with the c hnder 7, said memberhaving opposed s oulders 12 which abut against the stop 10 and are positioned to limitthd'travel of the cylinder to a half turn', back of the device,*a'8'ab0ve' stated. Fastened to the"frame .6, and extending below theoylinde'r 7 .Qi'rje horizontal cradles 13, to, support the cigarette dispensed from the cylinder. j ,At one endof saidframe is mounted a small electri heating coil14, located centrall of the end of a cigarette lying in the coil projecting inwardly of the {grams 'a sh rtdistance.

In aline'ment fwith coil'but at the opposite end of the frame is a cylindrical casing 15 in which is slidably mounted a and only nward the dashboard is openalong the while the in the above stated position.

be termed. the dispenser, is provlded plunger 16 having on its inner end, inwardly of the frame, a sloping-sided cup 17 to sun ly receive one end of the cigarette in the era les.

The plunger has a button 18 at its outer end. with a spring 19 between said button and the casing to normally hold the plungercup against the frame.

Connected to the casing and communicating with the bore thereof is a pipe 20, adapted to be connected to the intake manifold of the engine of the car on which the device is mounted.

The plunger 16 is blind-bored as at 21 inwardly from the cup to a point normally beyond the pipe 20, from which point a pas sage or port 22 leads to a peripheral groove 23 in the plunger, said groove being positioned to register with the opening of pipe 20 into the casing only when the plunger is pressed inwardly a certain distance.

Mounted on the frame 6 but insulated therefrom is a contact strip 24 connected by a lead 25 to one of the terminals of the coil 14. The other lead 26 from said coil is connected to the battery 27 of the car, which as usual is ground on the engine or chassis, as is Y the pipe 20.

The contact 24, while out of the way of a cigarette dropping from the. dispenser,

, projects somewhat into the path of movement of the cup 17 so as to be engaged thereby with the inward movement-of the cup and closing the circuit through the heater, as will be evident.

The device, as stated in the preamble, is especially of use when the car is running, and there is consequently a constant suction in the pipe 20.

Therefore when a cigarette is dispensed ,porous cigarette from end to end, with the natural result'that the end thereof, which is in contact with the heating coil will be very quickly and evenly ignited.

The plunger is then released, breaking.

the heater circuit and the draft, and releasing the cigarette, which may then be withdrawn by the fingers.

While the device has been shown and de scribed in connection with cigarettes, it is evident that it may be made of a size to serve as a cigar dispenser and lighter as well.

,From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention asset forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 4

1. A cigarette lighting device including a normally exposed and open supporting means arranged to allow a cigarette to be placed thereon in a horizontal position or removed therefrom by hand, and igniting means associated with the supporting means, adapted to be engaged at will with one end of the cigarette while the latter is supported on said means.

2. A cigarette lighter comprising a stationary exposed support for a cigarette, a stationary ignition means in alinement with but normally spaced from one end of a cigarette on the support, and means for engaging the cigarette and moving the same along the support into contact with the ignition means at will.

3. A cigarette lighter comprising a stationary exposed support for a cigarette, a stationary ignition means in alinement with but normally spaced from one end of a cigarette on the support, means for engaging the cigarette and moving the same along the support into contact with the ignition means at will, and means whereby with such movement the ignition means will be placed in operation.

4. A lighter for cigarettes and the like comprising supporting means for a cigarette, an ignition means mounted in connection with the supporting means in alinement with but spaced from one end of a cigarette located on said means, and a slidable plunger mounted for movement in alinement with said supported cigarette at the end thereof opposite the igniter and adapted to be moved at will to move the cigarette into engagement with the igniter.

5. A lighter for cigarettes and the like comprising supporting means for a cigarette, an electrical ignition means mounted in connection with the supporting means in alinement with one end of a cigarette located on said means, a slidable plunger mounted for movement in alinement with said supported cigarette at-the end thereof opposite the igniter and adapted to be moved at will to move the cigarette into engagement with the igniter, a casing in which the plunger is mounted, a suction pipe connected to the casing, and a bore leading from the inner end of the plunger to the periphery thereof intermediate its end and adapted to engageable communicate with said pipe only when the plunger is pressed into engagement with the cigarette.

. 6. A cigarette lighter comprising a support for holding a cigarette in ya horizontal position, suction means at one end of the support and an ignition means at the other, said suction and ignition means being normally spaced apart a distance to enable a cigarette being freely placed on or removed from the support without disturbing said means, and means actuable at will for causin; tl.e ends of the cigarette to be engaged with'the suction and ignition means.-

7. A cigarette lighting device including a supporting means for a cigarette, an igniting means with which one end of the cigarette may then be engaged, a suction means with the opposite end of the cigarette and independent of the supporting means, and a common means for actuating the suction and ignition means. i

8. A cigarette lighter comprising supporting means for a cigarette, a normally inert ignition means adapted to engage one end of the cigarette, but normally spaced therefrom, a normally inert'suction' means adapted to engage the opposite end of the cigarettebut normally spaced therefrom, means actuated in common for causing the ends of the cigarette to be engaged with the ignition and suction means and for simultaneously rendering said means active, and means whereby the suctional means will not become active until the ends of the cigarette are thus engaged.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' LEWIS PENGILLY. 

